Improvement in harvesting-machines



A. H. INSKEEP. HARVESTING MACHINE.-

No. 25,415. Patented-sept. 15, 1559.

Q3. Qmw fw @q UNITED STATES ATENT OEEICE.

A. H. INSKEEP, OF MIDDLEBURG, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTING-MACHINES.

` To all whom 'it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, A. H.-INsKEEP,-of Middlebnrg, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harvesting-Machines and I do hereby declare'that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a' part of this speciiication, in which a perspective view of a harvester constructedV with my improvement is shown.

The nature pf my invention consists, first, in arranging a spirally-constrncted device of cone configuration in frontof theplatform, so that in ,its revolution it is capable of seizing and drawing in the grain toward its apex, so`

that it may be cut by ordinary auxiliary c'u'tters, or by an edge formed on the terminating spiral of the seizing 'and drawing-in device. or gatherer' itself, actinglin concert with a stationary edge or knife, substantially as hereinafter described. l

It consists, second, in the combination of the said spirally-c'onstrncted device with a divider u having guards arranged so that such grain as may not stand straight, and consequently would not beseized by the spiral device, shall by the combined agencyrof the divider and spirallyconstructed device be carried to the cuttingpoint, substantially as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make l and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its coustructionand operation.

'rep'resents the frameof the harvester, B the internally-geared driving-wheel, and G't-he oif-side'wheel.

Inthe drawing I- have not' representedthe platform; but -it is intended to. employ a stationary platform and a raking device, or an endless apron which travels at right angles to the li'ue of draft. This platform is to be located in the space between the timbers ab c of the frame, and is to receive the grain as it falls from the cutting device in the ordinary man` ner.

D is a. divideryof v form, with its sides slightly concave, so as to Tbe adapted to the A shape'of the seizing and drawing-in-devices.

The side edges of this divider are bound with thin metal plates d d, which terminatenear the4 hook or sickle end of the d rawin g-in devices, arek provided, as shown in the drawing.

E E are two of my seizing and 'drawing-in devices. They are formed by bending a metal rod or bar spirally, so as t' form the skeleton of a cone, the apex of which terminates ina shaft, F, and the basein a hook or sickle,f. l fthe tirst or apex spirals of the devices E E are preferably made sharp, as shown at g g, so as to act in concert with the stationary cutting-edges e e for cutting down the grain. These spirals, however, may be made blunt and the stationary cutting-edges e e dispensed with, and ordinary shear-cutters,arranged in suitable relation to the apex of the devices E E, employed to cut down the grain. 0u each' side of the di vider, which is set considerably inclined fron. the horizon, is arran ged` one of the seizing and` drawing-inI devices E, so'that every partof the same shall clear the divider, and yetin its revolution nearly-touch thesame'irom' apex to base. The shafts F F of the devices E E are set at about the same inclination with the divider as represented, and theirshafts F F are supported in bearings h t', as shown.- By hav.- ing the divider arranged between the devices E E and furnished with guards D D', in case the-grain should be bent over so as not to be correctly seized by the hook or sickle ends of the divider, so as always to come within 'the circle of thespirals of the devices E E, it thus will he compelled to come in contact with the cutters and' be cut down.

A To impart motion tothe devices E E, a bevelwheel, G, isi arranged on the upper end of each of the shafts. These bevel-wheels gear in'to larger bevel-wheels, H, which areL arranged on atransverse shaft, I, said shafthaving a pinion, J, en `its outer end, which gears into the teeth 'of the internally-toothed driving-Wheel B, as

shown.

In the drawing I have represented but one divider and two seizing and drawing-in devices, E E; but of course in practice a series may be employed along the whole front ofthe ,-machine. y

From the above description of parts it willf beevident, if the machine is moved forward and.

the devices E E made to revolve, that the grain will be seized by the'vv hook o r sickle ends of the spirally-constructed devices E E, owing to the guards keeping the grain somedistance oi' from the edge ofthe divider, or within the ciry cie of the spiral, and by their succeeding spimfs will be drawn or forcedup totheir apexes,

end either cut down bythe sharp edgesyof the :mex-spirals and the station-ary' cutters-e e or by an auxiliary shear or other suitable cutting device, so afs-to be capable ot' falling upon the platform or endless traveling apron.

It is obvious that a plain V-dividerwithout 'guards may be used in combination with the devices E E. In this case the grain which may not stand straight and not come Within the cirele ofthe sickle-point of said devices will be drawn up to the cutting-edges by means of the Outer circumference of the spiral'saud the beveledges of th'e divider.

-.I do not "claim Vthe revolving cone-shaped, spiral Jgathererplaced in advance of the cutter -for gathering and drawing in the grain to the stationary cutters', when constructed and eming cutters, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2.- The combination ot' the spirally-forrned gatherer or cutter, arranged as described, with the divider D, guards D D', and stationary cutters e, substantially as described, forthe purpose specified.

'-A`. H. INSKEEP.

Witnesses:

" G. YORKE ATLEF.,

MUNN & Co. 

